Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law

In mid-February, the Emperor of Wei decided to tour the east soon to demonstrate his imperial power, inspect the local areas, and understand the people's sentiments.

After Chen Mo had the idea of ​​going to Chuanhai, he told Wu Mi about this idea, but Wu Mi had a different opinion.

Wu Mi said that since he ascended the throne, he had not often attended court, either running here or there. It was okay once or twice, but if it happened too many times, it would inevitably make the ministers feel that the emperor was lazy and would leave a bad example for the emperors to come.

If you want to go to Chuanhai, you have to find a reason that convinces all officials.

And the reason for the tour to the east is not bad. After several years of fighting, Chen Mo cleared Zhongzhou and established the Xin Dynasty. Last year, he also "unified" Jinxia. Although the world is peaceful now, the Xin Dynasty still faces multiple challenges, including the separatism of local tyrants. In some remote places, government orders cannot even reach them.

The tour to the east is not only a symbol of power, but also an important means to strengthen centralization and promote the concept of governance.

Then, we can include Sichuan and Hai in the route of the Eastern Tour.

In addition, all the officials have always wanted Chen Mo to go to Ziwei Mountain for Fengshan, so we can do it during this Eastern Tour.

After listening to Wu Mi's advice, Chen Mo talked about this matter in the morning court, and was approved by most officials.

The few who opposed it only talked about the "money" aspect.

After all, the emperor's Eastern Tour must be grand, which represents the majesty of the royal family. The Eastern Tour must not be short. After all, he has to go to many places, and a big show will cost a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

And every time the emperor goes to a place, the local officials must meet him.

Then you must not make it too shabby to meet the emperor.

This will lead to extravagance and waste, and some officials may even profit from it.

In this regard, some officials also expressed different opinions, saying that His Majesty can issue an order, and local officials can keep everything simple when meeting.

In short, no matter what, the Eastern Tour is set.

The next step is to arrange the route and security measures for the Eastern Tour. After all these are ready, the specific time of the Eastern Tour can be set.

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When the news of the Eastern Tour spread to the harem, the concubines in the harem all flocked to the Weiyang Palace and found the queen. Obviously, they also wanted to accompany her on this Eastern Tour.

Among them, the most excited ones were Liang Ji, Xiao Yunxi, and Xu Ying.

They have all been queens, and they all value fame and fortune to some extent.

And the Fengshan Ceremony at Ziwei Mountain may be a major event recorded in history books, and even the people who accompany them will record it. If they can accompany them, they can also leave their names in history books.

As soon as Chen Mo arrived at the Weiyang Palace, he didn't even take off his imperial robe, and a group of concubines surrounded him directly.

Han Anniang didn't care about the reputation of accompanying Fengshan, but this time Chen Mo's Eastern Tour was not going out to fight, so it wouldn't be a problem for them, the women, to follow him, so Han Anniang also wanted to go.

She also received advice from an expert. She pursed her lips and whispered, "Erlang led troops to fight several times, and even went to Jiangnan without taking me with him. This time, Erlang, you can't not take me with you."

"My husband, my husband, I have never seen the sea since I was a child. I don't even know what the sea looks like. My husband, you are going to Chuanhai on this eastern tour, so take me with you." Yi Shiyan stepped forward and hugged Chen Mo's arm, and acted like a spoiled child.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen the sea either." Song Min also whispered at this time.

When the three of them spoke, the other concubines naturally couldn't sit still.

Nalan Yiren said, "My sisters have seen my medical skills. If you don't take me with you, you probably won't feel at ease."

Yue Ruyan cleared her throat and said, "I am a top-three warrior, and I am a woman. I can protect the queen and Sister An Niang."

Xia Zhining, Xia Zhiqing, Xiao Yunxi and others also spoke one by one, wanting to follow.

There were also some who did not speak, such as Zhao Yusu, Madam Gan, Madam Xiao, Zhihua, Wanyan Ya and others.

They were just concubines, and they were not as thick-skinned as Xu Ying. They wanted to follow, but they were not confident enough to speak.

As they talked, all the women looked at Chen Mo at once.

Chen Mo didn't care. He didn't have any concubines selected. The concubines in the harem, plus the beauties from the three tribes that Chang En brought back from Jinxia some time ago, were only 20 to 30 people anyway. It would be no big deal to bring them all.

He waved his hand: "Go ahead, Mi'er, take the children with you."

As he spoke, he looked at Liang Ji, Xiao Yunxi, Xu Ying and others, and said: "But Fengshan is not the Eastern Tour, and there are rules for who to take. The Ministry of Rites will draw up a rule at that time. You definitely can't go with me. When the Fengshan is held, I will only take Mi'er with me."

The three women frowned, feeling a little disappointed. They glanced at the other sisters who were silent beside them, and could only give up and hum reluctantly.

Concubines like Zhao Yusu didn't have so many ideas. When they heard that they could follow, their faces were full of joy. They turned around and said: "I'll go pack my things."

Chen Mo was a little amused, raised his hand and said: "Wait for the cabinet to plan the route, and then submit it to me for review, and then make the final decision, and select the personnel. It will take at least a month, there is a long time, don't be so anxious."

At the end of February, the Eastern Tour route was planned. They would go by water first, and then go by land after landing in Qingzhou.

Chen Mo planned to bring Geng Songfu and Chen Xiu with him on this tour, with Zuo Lianglun and several other cabinet members assisting in supervising the country, and Chang En also staying in the capital.

The route was planned, the personnel were selected, and the tour was scheduled for March 9th.

Chen Mo's purpose of this eastern tour was to go to Chuanhai, first for cultivation, and second for investigating the truth about the fairy fruit and the fairy island. He made the eastern tour just for this little bit of vinegar, and made a plate of dumplings.

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On March 9, six, four, and two carriages were parked outside the palace. After the emperor's ceremonial guard left the palace, these six, four, and two carriages, carrying the emperor, concubines, civil and military officials, went to the canal to board the ship under the escort of the guards.

At the dock of the canal, thousands of fish scale guards filled several warships.

Of course, the emperor's guards were naturally more than these, and there were nearly 10,000 infantrymen.

But they followed on land on horseback.

After leaving Beijing, every time he arrived at the inspection site planned for the eastern tour route, Chen Mo would take Wu Mi, the prince, Geng Songfu and others ashore.

Local officials came to greet them.

Although Chen Mo had already issued an order to keep everything simple during the reception, the first point of the inspection was very luxurious.

When the local officials were asked why they did not keep it simple, the officials replied: "This was spontaneously organized by the wealthy merchants and gentry in the county, just to see the face of Your Majesty."

Chen Mo frowned slightly and criticized briefly, but did not make a big deal, and then inspected the local area.

The so-called inspection is just a few points.

If there are river works, seawalls and other projects in the local area, the first thing to do is to inspect the river works and seawalls.

Then the household registration and tax situation.

Then if there are meritorious soldiers who retired due to illness in the local area, they will visit these meritorious soldiers and give them condolences.

If there is enough time, they will also visit the local elderly over 70 years old and talk to them.

Then go to some villages to promote the rule of law, see if the new policy has been implemented in these places, and investigate the suffering of the people.

During this period, the queen will take the prince to care for the children of the people to show the queen's virtue and the prince's benevolence.

In this way, by the time they arrived in Qingzhou, it was already June.

After arriving in Qingzhou, Chen Mo took Wu Mi and the others to Fuze Village as soon as possible.

This was the first time Chen Mo had returned to his village since he became emperor.

For Chen Mo's children, it was their first time.

Today's Fuze Village is actually no longer a village. It has been planned as a county town and a village in the city.

As the emperor's carriage arrived outside Fuze Village, the villagers immediately shouted.

"The emperor is here."

"The emperor is here, go and see."

"Mother, come out quickly, our emperor has returned to the village, and everyone in the village has gone. Let's go quickly, otherwise we won't be able to grab a good position."

Chen Mo took Wu Mi, Han Anniang, Yi Shiyan, Xia Zhiqing, Xia Zhining and their respective children, and the officials accompanying him included Geng Songfu, Zhang He, etc., and entered the village together.

Han Anniang and the others all had smiles on their faces.

No mistakes in one song, one post, one content, one content, one book, one bar, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, one look!

Compared to the sisters who came in later, they all lived in Fuze Village, and they even knew some of the old people in the village.

For Chen Mo, Fuze Village is his root.

At the beginning, the men in the village followed him to revolt, and fought dozens or hundreds of battles of the county soldiers, Tianshi Army, warlords, etc. in the previous dynasty, and made contributions to the establishment of the Wei Dynasty.

When Chen Mo took Wu Mi and Chen Jia down from the imperial carriage, the people all surrounded them.

Chen Mo glanced at them roughly, and was slightly disappointed. The village was still the same village, but the people were no longer the same as before.

Those who first followed Chen Mo to revolt were almost all ordinary people. After so many battles, only a few of them could survive to the present, and those few no longer lived in Fuze Village, but moved to the capital and some big places.

Of course, some people who moved from nearby villages also made contributions with Chen Mo.

When Chen Mo walked towards the village, a middle-aged man with a cane and a limp came slowly to Chen Mo and said with an excited smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am a soldier under General Zhang. After the decisive battle of Songjiapo, you gave me a medal in Linzhou. Your Majesty, you are really ruthless."

"Yes, yes."

"Your Majesty, I also participated in the decisive battle of Songjiapo."

Several middle-aged men stood up. Although they were not the first group of people to follow Chen Mo, they were also veterans. Their similarity was that they were all disabled and left the army.

However, although they were physically disabled, they were not disabled in their hearts. Although they were not dressed luxuriously, they were neat and tidy. There were no patches on their clothes. They did not mention the loss of being forced to leave the army, but were full of admiration for Chen Mo.

Compared with the previous chaotic times, they really felt that life had become better.

Moreover, Chen Mo beat Jin Xia and "conquered" Jin Xia, which made them proud for once.

To be honest, Chen Mo didn't remember them. After all, they were the lowest-ranking soldiers, and he was already a first-class duke at the time of the decisive battle at Songjiapo.

But he certainly couldn't say that.

He smiled and shook the hands of the veterans one by one.

Although they didn't say a word, the excitement and flattery of these people were almost piled on their faces at the same time.

Chen Mo asked about their physical condition, how many people were in their family, and how their lives were.

The old soldier who said Chen Mo, the old soldier, said excitedly: "His Majesty, entrust your Hongfu, our family can already eat and wear warm, and there is money to go to the restaurant to eat hot pot. My son is still the warrior of Yongwei. Last year, Following Majesty, you went to fight Jinxia barbarians and made military merits. "

After speaking, several veterans invited Chen Mo to sit in his house.

For a while, many emotions of Chen Mo rushed to their hearts.

After that, he went to his old house.

The old house tamped into the loess also guaranteed that Chen Mo was the original when he was from the village. It seems that local officials were not worried about the house.

Chen Mo let the other concubines come together with their children.

"Is this the house where Father Emperor lived before? It's so broken." Chen Nuo couldn't help saying.

As soon as I finished speaking, Xia Yanqing blocked his mouth with his hands, and said, "What are you talking nonsense?"

Chen Mo walked in front of Chen Nuo, squatted down, squeezed his little face, and laughed at anger: "Stink boy."

"Sri Lang is a bad room, but Wu Dexin."

Just then, Prince Chen Jia suddenly said such a word.

Chen Mo was stunned.

The concubines, including Wu Yan, also stunned.

"Father Emperor, isn't it right?" When Chen Mo did not speak, Chen Jia doubted.

"Yes, it's so right." Chen Mo walked over and hugged him, and laughed: "It seems that the people of Guozijian are not all wine pockets."

"Congratulations to His Majesty." Geng Songfu was happy for Chu Jun's virtue.

Xia Yanqing glared at his son lightly, with a touch of iron and steel in his eyes, as if he was talking about it, you couldn't say such things.

Chen Nuo didn't understand what this represents, but only felt that the father emperor was eccentric, and he grievantly flattened his small mouth.

"Children, learn more from your brother's brother in the future." Han Anniang taught her son.

Although it was late, Chen Mo came up with emotions and did not eat hard. He planned to live in the old house for one night.

In this regard, Wu Yan and Han Anniang can only be accompanied.

Fortunately, there are people cleaning in the room and outside the room.

The next morning, Chen Mo took the daughters and children to the emperor's tomb.

This emperor's mausoleum was ordered by Chen Mo and built for his late parents, elder brothers, and grandparents.

Chen Mo took them to recognize his ancestors.

Let the descendants of the dead grandson scoop in front of the grave.

After all, Chen Mo is a crossing person, and there is no emotional sustenance to the parents of the original body.

It was Han Anniang. As soon as she arrived at the grave, she red her eyes and tears.

Suddenly, she seemed to be back ten years ago. When Chen's father and Chen were still there, Chen Mu's entrustment to her.